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The Orange Box: Half-Life 2: Episode Two Hints
Chapter 1, Section 2
1 of 9: See the Antlion Caverns hints for more detailed info on this chapter section.
2 of 9: Before you go up the lift at the start of this chapter section, stand on it and look up to see the entrance to the upper-level area you're going for.
3 of 9: Use the gravity gun to fire the gnome into that area, then ride up the lift to follow it.
4 of 9: Past the lift, drop the gnome down the shafts you come to before you drop down them yourself.
5 of 9: When you enter the tunnel with three antlion workers in it, drop the gnome somewhere until you've finished off all the workers.
6 of 9: Take it with you into the small cave tunnel that gets you past the fencing, then leave it there until you kill all the antlion workers in the first large cave area.
7 of 9: Before you drop down into the second cave area, get the gnome and carefully fire it with the gravity gun so that it'll land in the flooded cave area beyond. That way, you can drop down and run straight for that area without having to fight the antlion worker that appears behind you.
8 of 9: Leave the gnome in the flooded cave while you move on and finish all of the antlion fights ahead.
9 of 9: Be sure to go back and get the gnome before you drop down to the area where Chapter 2, Section 1 loads.
